Erskine Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,668 people in Erskine Park of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Erskine Park was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.2% of the population.

Of people in Erskine Park aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Erskine Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Erskine Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Erskine Park was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Erskine Park 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 31.0% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Erskine Park were Australian 27.9%, English 21.6%, Irish 5.2%, Filipino 4.5% and Maltese 4.5%.

In Erskine Park, 72.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 3.9%, England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, Fiji 1.3% and India 1.1%.

In Erskine Park, 50.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Erskine Park were Catholic 42.0%, Anglican 20.8%, No Religion 10.9%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Islam 2.6%.

In Erskine Park 77.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.4%, Tagalog 2.4%, Hindi 1.8%, Filipino 1.3% and Spanish 1.2%.

Employment

There were 3,838 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Erskine Park. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Erskine Park, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Erskine Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Erskine Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Professionals 11.9%, Managers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Labourers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Erskine Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, School Education 3.5%, Hospitals 2.9% and Building Installation Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Erskine Park was $677.

In Erskine Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 3.9%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Erskine Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Erskine Park, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Erskine Park, 64.0% were couple families with children, 21.7% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Erskine Park 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Erskine Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,406 and those without children was $2,027.

Employment status of couple families

In Erskine Park, of couple families with children, 31.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Erskine Park, 97.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erskine Park, 97.3% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Erskine Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erskine Park, 24.9% were owned outright, 59.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Erskine Park, of all households, 90.4% were family households, 8.4% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Erskine Park, 9.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Erskine Park, 19.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Erskine Park, there were 111 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 55.0%) were male and 50 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Erskine Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,111.

In Erskine Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,200.